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Prevalence of physical inactivity and associated cardiometabolic risk factors: A cross-sectional study

Abstract:

Background: Physical inactivity represents a public health problem associated with non-communicable diseases. This study aimed to determine both general and domain-specific prevalence of physical inactivity as well as its association with cardiometabolic factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed, including 2 230 adult individuals from both sexes from Maracaibo city. Physical activity was assessed by the long-form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. A value<600 MET-minutes/week was defined as a cut-off for physical inactivity. A multivariant logistic regression analysis was performed for each IPAQ domain. Results: The highest prevalence of physical inactivity was in the transportation (80.3 %), followed by work (79.9 %), leisure (76.8 %), and household (47.9 %) domain. In the first three domains, physical inactivity was more frequent in women, and the majority of subjects were inactiveinthreeorfourdomainssimultaneously. Being a woman, being >30 years old, Asian-Middle Eastern ethnicity, and former smoker status were variables associated with leisure-time physical inactivity. In the transportation domain, associated variables were being a woman, being overweight, and being obese. In the work domain, being a woman, age >50 years old, high school studies, employed work status, and type 2 diabetes mellitus were the associated variables. Lastly, in the household domain, an association was seen with males, II-IV socioeconomic status, and employed work status. Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of physical inactivity in residents of Maracaibo city, which is why the implementation of plans promoting physical activity is necessary.